gap between the two worlds. The spiritual and physical co-exist together, inseparable parts of each other.14 According to Myers, there is a “middle part” of the traditional word view, a level of reality comprising witch doctors, shamans, curses, idols, household gods, and the evil eye. This spiritual part of reality operates in the material world and is rejected, or excluded, by the Western world view. Figure 1.2 The Excluded Middle: Western and Traditional World Views Compared Western Traditional